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Posted 10/13/2015 2:50 PM (GMT 0)
I have been on omeprazole for one month. And i would love to gett off this medication. I never know how dangeruos it is y the damage that can make to our bodies.

Does anyone experience acid rebound after one month of usining it?
Please help woth hour experience i dont want to stay more time on this since i read that after 8 weeks i will havd acid robund for sure.

Thanks
Olga.
Posted 10/13/2015 3:01 PM (GMT 0)
You might be ok after 1 month, but I would still do a gradual taper. I would recommend consulting your Dr first if you are taking it for something like gastritis or esophagitis as you need to keep acid low to allow the tissues to heal and not cause further damage.

But if you really want to get off it I would start by taking it every other day for a week, then every third day for another week before finally stopping completely. Also it would be wise to stick to a bland diet during this time to avoid anything unnecessarily irritating your stomach.
Posted 10/14/2015 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
I have been having 1-3 month courses of Omeprezole for the last 12 years a couple of times a year and I have never had a problem coming off them cold turkey, usually 40mg per day.

I wouldn't do that now I have been on them for over a year straight and on a much higher dose though.
Posted 10/27/2015 4:38 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for your answers to both of you. I went to a naturopathic doctor and she told me to wean myself of the omeprazole. This process took 3 weeks (In total I took omeprazole for 7weeks including the reduction) . I went from 20mg to 16mg, 12mg, 8mg and 4mg. Tomorrow will be my last pill of 4mg. I'm so scared. I'm praying I don't get a pretty bad acid rebound.

The doctor put me on DGL, mucosagen and orto biotic during this whole process. It seem to help. My days were easy but at night not so good. Yesterday I had stomach pain and burning in the middle of the night and I took aloe vera.

Side effect of omeprazole: heart palpitation, difficulty swallow, soar throat, headache, depress, anxiety, crying every single day. I ask the doctor and she said that its difficult to know if the soar throat and difficulty swallow if cause from my acid reflux or omeprazole.

I will keep and updated. I hope I don't have a bad acid rebound.
Posted 10/27/2015 5:01 PM (GMT 0)
Everyones body is different. I was on that med for a month and went off and have severe rebound. At this time though I wasn't even diagnosed with reflux so I didn't think it would be a big deal. Just be careful and see how you feel. If you start to feel like something is wrong I would contact your dr. After this happened to me is when I started having issues swallowing food because it damaged my throat.
Posted 10/27/2015 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
I had and endoscopy before and confirm acid reflux. I didn't have the difficult swallowing before omeprazole or the sore throat but I know that it could be develop because of my acid reflux. I will check, as you suggest, after getting of this drug.

How long does the acid rebound last when you got off omeprazole? It was really bad? and what does the dr give it to you for you throat...please don't tell me he put you on omeprazole or another similar drug!!!

Thanks
Posted 10/27/2015 5:53 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Olgacecilia, welcome to the forum.

Don't be afraid. I did my crying days too. I prayed so hard and it had helped me. Your naturopathic doctor did a wonderful job of tapering your PPI intake. I'm not a doctor, If in case needed H2 blocker like Zantac is a good thing to have for a week or so. I did wean from PPI July 24. Took Zantac for 3 weeks. If you are doing the strict diet, this will help you more. Also make sure all your test are done. This site you can refer too about taking off PPI and acid rebound. Hope this will help.
God bless.
https://www.inspire.com/CAGU/journal/ppi-warning-gastroparesis-delayed-gastric-emptying-proton-pump-inhibitor/
Posted 10/28/2015 8:34 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Tu Wang. Glad to heart that you get off this medication. Give me hope after all the things that I read before. I was thinking about zantac (Just in case I need it) and I'm on the strict diet. I just feel so nervous and stress over this.

God bless
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